Children DENIED medical exemptions as rigid vaccine policies override doctors’ orders

• Children with serious medical conditions are being denied federally protected vaccine exemptions, forcing them to risk severe harm or lose access to education, despite doctors’ warnings.
• Rigid CDC/ACIP guidelines narrowly define medical exemptions, allowing schools and officials to override physicians’ judgments, leaving families entangled in red tape.
• Doctors face professional consequences for writing valid exemptions, while schools dismiss medical documentation. Cases like that of Sarah Doe – denied an exemption despite seven doctors’ advice – highlight systemic flaws.
• ACIP’s 2014 rules omit many valid health risks, dismiss certain adverse reactions and delegate medical decisions to non-experts, prioritizing compliance over safety.
• CHD demands clarity on physician autonomy, urging ACIP to acknowledge broader exemption criteria. Recent committee shakeups signal potential policy changes amid debates over vaccine mandates and public trust.

Children with serious medical conditions are being denied federally protected disability accommodations, with some suffering severe harm after being forced to receive vaccines against their doctors’ advice.

This troubling trend stems from rigid interpretations of federal immunization guidelines, as revealed when Children’s Health Defense (CHD) confronted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The health freedom group demanded urgent reforms to protect vulnerable students.

During the June 25 meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), CHD General Counsel Kim Mack Rosenberg warned that ACIP’s 2014 guidelines are being weaponized by schools and state officials to override physicians’ professional judgments.

The consequences of weaponizing these guidelines, which narrowly define medical exemptions, are dire. Children with legitimate health risks are being coerced into vaccination or barred from education entirely. (Related: CDC drops COVID-19 vaccine recommendation for healthy kids and pregnant women.)

Rosenberg argued that physicians who write exemptions outside the CDC’s narrow criteria face professional retaliation, including threats to their medical licenses. Meanwhile, schools routinely dismiss medical documentation, forcing parents into an impossible choice – risk their child’s health or forfeit their education.

One such case involves Sarah Doe, a New York teenager with multiple severe conditions including autoimmune hypersensitivity and a rare bleeding disorder. Seven doctors agreed she should not receive the hepatitis B vaccine, yet her school district refuses to grant an exemption because her conditions aren’t explicitly listed in ACIP’s tables.

Even a walk-in clinic, recognizing the danger, refused to vaccinate her. But without an exemption, Sarah remains locked out of school – a clear violation of federal disability protections.

Current ACIP guidelines restrict medical exemptions to a limited set of conditions, such as severe allergic reactions or immunodeficiency. However, these rules fail to account for complex individual health circumstances, leaving doctors and families entangled in bureaucratic red tape.

ACIP’s 2014 document includes a partial list of contraindications (conditions making vaccination unsafe) and precautions (situations requiring extra caution). For instance, immunocompromised patients are advised against the dengue vaccine, and those with prior anaphylaxis must proceed carefully.

Yet the guidelines dismiss certain reactions – such as seizures after the DTaP shot – as “incorrectly perceived” risks, despite evidence that some children may need exemptions. Worse, they delegate critical medical decisions to state and school officials rather than treating physicians.

Bureaucrats or doctors – who should control vaccine exemptions?

Rosenberg urged ACIP to clarify three key points:

• The CDC does not have authority to dictate individual medical decisions.
• The guidelines are not exhaustive, as many valid exemptions exist beyond their limited tables.
• Only doctors, using clinical judgment and patient history, should determine exemptions.

She warned that without these changes, more children will be harmed by inflexible policies that prioritize bureaucratic compliance over patient safety. This debate unfolds amid a broader shakeup at ACIP.

Recently, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. replaced all 17 committee members, citing concerns over conflicts of interest. The new panel led by epidemiologist Martin Kulldorff has pledged to reexamine long-standing vaccine policies, including the childhood immunization schedule.

Critics fear this could undermine public trust, but supporters argue it’s a necessary correction after years of one-size-fits-all mandates. Kulldorff acknowledged the need to rebuild confidence, referencing “inflated promises” about  Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines.

“The number of vaccines that our children and adolescents receive today exceed what children in most other developed nations receive and what most of us in this room received when we were children,” he said.

The battle over medical exemptions isn’t just about vaccines. It’s about parental rights, physician autonomy and the federal government’s role in healthcare. If ACIP fails to act, children with legitimate medical risks will remain collateral damage in a system that values conformity over individualized care.

Watch Tucker Carlson denouncing the ACIP’s move to add the COVID-19 vaccine to the childhood immunization schedule.

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Sources include: 

ChildrensHealthDefense.org

PublicHealthPolicyJournal.com

NPR.org

Brighteon.com